the signing in 1965 of the Voting Rights Act. He was a year out of law school at Cornell when he received the call to head to the Capitol for the signing. Now 83, Finkelstein still isn’t sure ...

President Donald Trump said he would sign “a full and complete pardon ... Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against ...

It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important federal ...

during the signing of the voting rights act as officials look on behind them, Washington DC, August 6, 1965. (Photo by Washington Bureau/Getty Images) The idea to use an immersive online space—a ...

As Election Day approaches, the history of voting rights in the United States is being spotlighted, reminding many of a time ...

For example, the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is a notable thread in the exhibit. This act outlawed discriminatory ...

Rodriguez based his decision on the section of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act that guarantees voters ... about requiring voter assisters from signing an oath are technically still in place ...

It would take nearly 50 more years before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed, aimed at protecting people of color from intimidation, violence, or any other barriers to casting their ballot.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act has largely through the decades settled ... “And every single time it was signed back into law, it was done by a Republican president and a bipartisan majority ...